Xiaomeng Qiao 乔晓萌
Research interests: Psychoanalysis, Chinese culture, gender & sexuality, queer studies, Buddhism
Education
- PsyaD, Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture 2024–present
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP) - MA, Psychoanalytic Research 2022–2024
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK - MA, Game Design and Creative Practice 2011–2014
Communication University of China - BS, Geographic Information Systems (Minor: Psychology) 2007–2011
Beijing Normal University
Psychoanalytic Training
- Psychoanalytic Training (PTP), ICPLA 2023–present
- Expanding Psychoanalytic Practice in Communities, APsaA / IPA / CFS 2025–2026
- P-HOLE (Psychoanalytic Hub for Online Liberatory Education) 2025–2026
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Child & Adolescent), Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute 2020–2024
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Adult), International Psychotherapy Institute 2019–2021
Professional Memberships
- International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) — Psychoanalyst Candidate
- American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) — Psychoanalyst Candidate
- International Psychoanalytic Studies Organization (IPSO) — Member
- International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP) — Member
- Chicago Psychoanalytic Society — Candidate Member
- Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS), UK — Member
Awards
- 2026 Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Outstanding Trainee Paper Award (Winner)
- 2025 APsaA Committee on Gender & Sexuality, Ralph Roughton Paper Award (Runner-up)
- 2025 ICPLA Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ+ Essay Award
- 2024 Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, Erika Schmidt Essay Prize (First Prize)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Published
- published Qiao, X. (2026). Becoming Myself: Transgender Authentic Selfhood in the Chinese Context and Transgender Self-Experience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 47(5). DOI
- published Qiao, X. (2025). From Silence to Song: True Self-Emergence Through Creative Mourning. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 26(4), 318–330. DOI
- published Qiao, X. (2025). Deprivation and disruption: The development of narcissistic vulnerability and toxic masculinity in some Chinese contexts. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2), 237–253. DOI
- published Qiao, X. (2025). Gaming the unconscious: The relational and social unconscious in a contemporary Chinese case study. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 14–24. DOI
- published Qiao, X. (2025). The role of social media in shaping mental health discourse: A case study of China’s psychoanalysis and counselling narratives. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 115–125. DOI
- published Qiao, X. (2024). Mother archetypes in Chinese cultural narratives: A psychoanalytic perspective. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 7(1–2), 139–153. DOI
Forthcoming / Accepted
- forthcoming Outstanding Trainee Paper 2026 Qiao, X. Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health.
- forthcoming Qiao, X. Self-Hollowing: Ghosts Within Ourselves. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context.
- forthcoming Qiao, X. Oedipal Variations in Chinese Luoshan Motif. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China.
Invited
- invited Qiao, X. Confusion of Tongues in the Chinese Context. Psychoanalytic Inquiry (journal commission).
- invited Qiao, X. Chapter in Radicalising Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Theories and Tools for Resistance (edited volume; proposal accepted).
- invited Qiao, X. Article for special issue “Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Public Humanities.” Humanities.
Professional Publications
- professional Qiao, X. (2026). What School Are You? The American Psychoanalyst.
- professional Qiao, X. (2026). Between Worlds: A Chinese Analyst’s Journey. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
- professional Qiao, X. (2026). The Inner Negotiator: AI as Transitional Object and Echo in the Treatment of Complex Trauma. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
- professional Qiao, X. (2026). Murakami’s Traumatic Cities: When Time Stops in the Unconscious. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (Substack).
- professional Qiao, X. (2025). Between Two Names. The American Psychoanalyst.
- professional Qiao, X. (2025). The Shadow of the Dead Mother. The American Psychoanalyst.
- professional Qiao, X. (2025). The Seen and the Unseen: AI’s Disquieting Impact. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
- professional Qiao, X. (2025). AI Assisted Creation and Narcissistic Predicament. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
- professional Qiao, X. (forthcoming 2027). Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the Profession [Chinese translation]. 万千心理.
Invited Talks & Presentations
- 2026 Understanding Chinese Subjectivity: Growth Rings, Psychoanalytic Development, and Clinical Implications. British Psychoanalytic Foundation (BPF) (forthcoming)
- 2026 Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Invited talk, Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health
- 2026 Shidafu and Narcissistic Structure (士大夫与自恋结构). Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) (forthcoming)
- 2026 Cisteria! A Psychoanalysis Against Anti-Trans Panics. Pre-Conference Workshop, Division 39 Spring Meeting
- 2026 Roundtable. Room
- 2026 Cultural Sensitivity in Psychoanalytic Education. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
- 2024 Narcissistic Vulnerability and Toxic Masculinity. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
- 2021 Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Transgender Experience. Queer China UK
- 2017 Chinese Video Game Criticism Archive. Chinese DiGRA, Hong Kong
Teaching
- 深海之家 PH 2.0 Psychodynamic Programme — Lecturer: Sexuality & Gender; Self Psychology Technique 2024–present
- Freie Universität Berlin — Guest Lecturer, “Gender, Queerness and Culture in China and Latin America” Seminar 2026
- Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, PEP Programme — Guest Lecturer, Self Psychology 2025
- ICPLA Psychoanalytic Training Programme — Interviewer/Admissions 2024–present
Service
- APsaA President’s Commission on Artificial Intelligence — Member 2025–present
- APsaA Committee on Gender and Sexuality — Member 2025–present
- ICPLA Candidate Organization Committee (COC) — Co-Chair 2025–present
- ICPLA Ad Hoc Committee for Diversity — Member 2025–present
- Psychoanalysis, Self and Context — Peer Reviewer 2025–present
Public Engagement
- 何苦开心 — WeChat public account; psychoanalytic writing for Chinese-speaking audiences (20K+ readers)
- 博雅精神分析 — Subscription-based psychoanalytic education platform (260+ paid members)
- Chinese Psychoanalytic Scene (CPS) — Substack publication in English (850+ subscribers)
- Published columnist — The Paper (澎湃新闻) and Initium Media (端传媒); psychoanalytic perspectives on games and culture
- ROOM Podcast — Interview: “Gaming, Analysis and Identity in the Age of AI”
- Active clinical practice as psychoanalyst